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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, TUESDAY. APRIL 15. 1884=- TWELVE PAGES.
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FARMS AND FARMERS.
THE GOSSIP OF1H!P*BMA. TO mX,
by farmers.
Tire Subject of D rat. Eg.--Sere Saouldera la 'norew-
Frepir.tlaa (at Corn-Point, Ab:ut .'talilac
Turkey,-Zj.rty Qrc*. To.a lar Cow?????
Quito. oniture-B.I.-u* Mbiona.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
J H H. Buwinapo. Ga???1 Will domretlo fowls set
Bermuda grata, and la II good lor them? 2 Will
blue gram grew In North Geoigla on good laud,
and II10 atwbut limeabouM It ba sown? 3 Wltaro
can 1 gat lucerne teed? 4 Where can a good lncu-
baior oe bought In the south!
1 Yea. 2On rich land. Bow In October, February
or March. SFromuieedamao. 4 Read ihe adver
tising columns ol Ihe newspapers.
ACM. Tnnnel Hill, Oe-1, It advtaibls to plant
watermelons two years in aticcetrion in the atme
hlllaf P.eaee giro me the beat pun lor raising
watermelons.
Them is no objection If the ground la properly
prepared. Bolect light, dry, aandy aoll, either lately
cleared, or soil that has lain out a fewyearaand
become tilled wlih vegetable matter. Qronnd
???loping to the south, or well drained and lent is
favorable. Dig hill trenches, partially fill with
well rotted manure and cover with earth. rise,
hills from twelve to eighteen feet apart, according
to the nature of the land.
J B N, Macon, Ga???Tho following la a g od core
for chicken cholera: Give oue of Tutl???a pills, or a
pill of bine mass, and after eighteen hours glvo a
capsulo of csyenne once or oftener. Keep the
chicken In a pen by Itself.
Editoes Constitution : I see that some of
your correspondents nro making inquiries
howto prevent the surface from washing off
our lands. The snbject is of vast importance
to the direct prosperity of our agriculturists;
one that shouldtengage the serious attention
of every farmer and land owner in the south.
I am satisfied that it is an easy task to prove
that if it were not for the great leak or loss
of plant-food carried off in the surface ran
ning water and that sustained by it leaking
through the soil, that Georgia farms wonld
be richer to-day than they ever were, for be
it remembered that lint cotton is the main
product exported ont of the limits of onr
state. Take for instance the analysis of one
thousand pounds of tint cotton and its
money value, and compare with tho9a of any
product of the farm, and see what is the dif
ference in their valne. For instance, take a
thousand pounds of either corn, oats, wheat,
barley or any of the varieties of hay or for
age, and see the number of pounds of plant-
food; namely, so many pounds of potash,
phosphoric acid or nitrogen contained in one
tnoueand pounds ot each,and compare them
with those contained iuonethousand pounds
of lint cotton containing: Fotaab, 3'A lbs.;
phosphoric acid, nearly ITf lbs ; nitrogen,-
0X lbs???worth from sixty to one hundred
dollars. One thousand pounds of wheat con
taining potash, 8 pounds; phosphoric aoid, 4
pounds; nitrogen, 7 pounds???worth from six
teen to twenty-five dollars. This is about a
fair average of the comparative amount of
plant food contained in all those substances
and values of, compared with a thousand
pounds of list cotton. So you can easily dis
cover that it is not so much the amount of
those valuable elements of plant-food con
tained in on;- lint cotton that is carried off In
the exportations of our cotton crops; for I
feel site in saying that the elements of plant-
food contained In the meat, corn, whtat,
oats, hay, cheese and various other articles
of food for both men and beast, shipped into
-BBr state from tho west, is far more than tvo
bSVpori out of It in our cotton crops, to say
??? fl-t,.f -'to tno-.-s .gd->f ipe- of cat
Cial fi-rilliz is uppne-l annually to our ??oH
Yet, ns a rule, not only Georgia farms, bnt
may say southern farms, are becoming poorer
every year. And I again assert, without the
fear of suoceesfnl contradiction, that the
trouble lies In the aurface washing and leak
ing of our soil.
The late Ur Furman in his famous address
before the Georgia slate agricultural conven
tion, in demonstrating that in order to im
prove our soils, that we must restore annually
more plant-food to onr fields then our crops
will take np, ho made use of the following
words: ???The scientific trouble if gone, but
the mechanical difficulty remains. Shall I
say what it is? Do you not all recognise It?
It is the fearful loss of the top soil with its
valuable elements of fertility, mused by our
tropical raina and the shallow system of cul
ture to which we are driven In the cultiva
tion of our standard crops, corn and cotton."
This subject claimed my attention at an
early age, and for quite a number of years
did! try exoerimentafter experiment, My
aim was to fiud a plan by which I conlu con
vey off the surplus water without carrying
oflr the soil, and I claim that, after muDy fail
ures, to have discovered the true principles
of constructing drains so as to carry off the
surplus water comparatively pure, without
carryinguff thesull. My system is far supe
rior to any tldrg in the way of ditching or
terracing that 1 nave ever seen.
I have written a book eutitieu: ???The pres-
ervation and protection of cultivated lands
from surface washing; systematizing or rota
tions of crops best suited to our climate and
gradual improvement of our sill; hints on
tbe manufacture and use of drain tile." The
ineating and construction of hillside drains
ditcussed at length Also farm right given
every purchaser of the book to make and
use, my improved patent horse-power ditch
scrape, with which oue hand and horse can
do the work ot from ton to fifteen hands
with shovels or hoes. Cut and minute de
scription of scrape given in the book. The
scrape can be made coinp'rte at acost of from
three to five dollars; it will pay for its cost iu
oue day???s work. Bosk seat to suy address
on receipt of two dollars, money sent by
registered letter at my risk. Charges f ir Ios
eating lines for drains and superintending
the work reasonable. Testimonial! and bust
ot references seat free to anyone on applica
tion. Address, David Nickou,
Atlanta, Ga Drainage Engineer,
Bom Should!** in Houses.???Farm horses
are most liable to have s ire-houldera in early
???pring, when unaccustomed to work. If
humanity dors not lead to care in preven
tion and cure, interest will prompt it, tor
certainly a hone wlthsonnd shoulders will do
more work than if these be swollen and lacer
ated. Prevention is better than cure. The
first point is to secure good, well fitting col
lars, those of soft leather, of equal hardness
on both sides. Many collars are stuffed more
solidly on one side than on the other, and
abonld be rejected. The horse should be fit
ted to a collar at the shop, as two very aeldom
have shoulders exactly alike. I have often
wondered that farmers do not have collars
mede especially for rach bone. The cost
wonld be atopy repaid, as it is slight com par
ed with the increa-edeersice that w mid thus
be secured. I prefer a collar stuffed with
hair. The learner should be kept well oiled,
especially wbere meeting tbe shoulder. Pure
neat's foot oil makes tbe leather soft and pli
able, and is a good preventive and cure for
???ore shoulders. Cloth collars are now made,
and clo'b pads to cover the entire collar face.
I know that i bey are good and recommend
them to other farmers. Early in the spring,
at lcaat two weeks before plowingcommencei,
begin bathing the shoulders ot each work
horse with strong salt brine. I keep in tbe
???tails an old fruit can, and a rag tied to tbe
end of a cob; and it takes but a moment to
throw in a handful of salt with some water,
stir it up and apply tbe briar It tonghens
and hardens tbe skin and cools it, ailayiog
Inflammation. Ido this each evening; after
work begins I first wasbofftbeshoulders with
dean wa'er. I have never been troubled
with sore sbonldera since Iffiave uken to care
fully selecting collars, keeping them soft
, water. The best cure for sore Bhouldcra is
. rest, and this may bo secured without stnp-
dtng work, by removing tho pressure from
tbelrritatedspot. One method is to cut a
long, nerrow slit in the barns groove opposite
tbe soreness, remove part of the stuffing and
make a little depresilon by pounding the face
over tbe sore. The slit will not injure the
collar. Another method is to use pads above
and below tbe tender spot to keep off tbe
pressure. After considerable experience I
consider the best pad eue made by stuffiing a
coat sleeve with hay, about one inch thick
between tbe collar and shoulder, but thinner
where it passes under the harms. Hay works
Into lumps less then regs, hair or wool, and
is elastio enough sospriug tbe collar from the
shoulders when the draft slacken, giving
them opportunity to cool and rest.???J. M. S.
in American Agriculturist.
Pbij'Abation ron Corn.???When the season
for corn opens it is the signal for a busy time
in every department of the farm as other
matters must be cleared up in or.Iar to get iu
tbe crop that rtquirea an early start and a
favorable season. In some sections it is tbe
custom to use a fertilizer in tbe hills of corn
as a stimulant, but such a practice is not
necessary if the soills rich andin good com
ditioa. The first thing to be done is to pre
pare the soil, which means iometbing more
then plowiug it, and then patting in the
ssed. If the soil is light end somewhat sandy,
a single thorough plowing will suffice, bnt if
it is heavy, the land should not only be
plowed bnt broken up by passing tbe cultiva
tor over the field once or twice. Corn is a
plant that feeds near tbe surface but sends
down a tap root for moisture lo quite a con
siderable distance. This tendency of corn to
keep near the surface enables it to quickly
appropriate any nutritive matter that may be
afforded it, but if the soil is poor and lightly
plowed, the roots will feed throughout that
portion of tbe soil which contains the greater
proportion of those elements that are neces
sary for tbe growth and maturity of tbe crop,
and tbe rootlets will alto be sent upwards to
the surface, in order to procure moisture from
the condensation of that which is deposited at
night aud when tbe atmosphere is very hu
mid.
it is apparent, therefore, that the finer the
condition of the soil the easier the facilities
allowed tbe plants for feeding, and the
greater tbe feeding room the greater the
quantiry of roots, which are essential during
times of drought and lack of moisture, to say
nothing of the vigorous growth and rapid
progress of tho corn by reason of its greater
rootsurface. Many controversies regarding
deep and shallow plowlBg wonld perhaps
tlna an amicable solution if the nature of
tho soil and method of plowing were con
sidered in exact relation to etch other. Same
farmers have found deep plowing highly ad
vantageous, especially on clayey soils, simply
because the roots wore permitted to eearen
through a large quantity of soil for food, and
also to more ca.ily procure moisture from be
low as well as through absorption of moisture
by the toil. Other farmers have found shal
low plowing more preferable, especially on
light soils, which resists in tbe establishment
of a greater mass of roots near tho eurlaco,
while tbe porosity of the soil and its light
uature enables the corn to go downward os
easily es msy be desired.
Wlille it rusy be admitted that corn thrives
well on nearly all kinds of soil, the difficulty
is that wh do mot know what the seasons may
be. Tbe main object should be to give it an
early start end push it forward iu the begin
ning, for then it will better endure the
drought, and mature before the frost can
catch it. In order >o do so, prepare the eoll
thoroughly in the beginning, have it fine,
cultivate often and well, and allow no grass
or weeds to occupy too field for even a day.
Keep the cultivator in motion and the corn
growing.
Points AdoutRaisino Tobkkys ???The ono
thiog that has paid the last year la '.nrkeya.
Toey had a quick oalo at Thanksgiving foy 20
??? is a pound, and atCbristmaa for 2'
ts, aiufWie (annum could, havff. __
cents at tbe lost season if they had known
much about the market three days before
Christmas as they did tbreo days after. And
this price Is not exceptional. Tbe average
for good New England turkeys for the last
twoniy years, I believe, will exceed 18 cents
a pound, if it does not reach 20 cents.
If a farmer has reasonable ???luck??????that is,
if he lies es good luok as generally comae of
intelligent cere???ba can make 1,000 pounds of
turkey meat for $100 easy, and sell the same
for $200, or, putting it better; A Sock of 100
will not cost him in grain fed ont over $73, if
they are killed before Thanksgiving, and liny,
ought to average twelve pounds eaoh, which
makes 1 200 pounds In all, and to sell for 20
cents a pound, or $240. ??? I have raised turkeys
for many years, most years with fair success,
and, whatever the success, they have always
been the best paying prodnstiou of tho farm.
This is my plan: Keep over ten hens aud
n tom; the hens the beat birds in the fall
flack, part old and part young. Old hone of
good habits are to be preferred. Feed lightly
all wlnler. About March 1st increaso the
feed aud provide places for their nests near
the house When they begin to lay be care
ful that the eggs do not get chilled. Do all
you can to get your turkeys toaetttngas etrly
as possible. Early turkeys are twice as likely
to live as late ones. When the yonng come
off put them in little board pens in a warn
place for a week or more, feeding them six or
eight tirats a day with coarse and chopped
hard boiled eggs mixed with water, or,' what
is bitter, sour milk. As soon as they are
strong enough give them a pasture range at
first, then turn them into a meadow, but by
all mesne feed them at noon, and to this end
drive them up to tbe home. This will get
them accustomed to coming up for their din
ner, and so they will not go ftr away from
home. Bee that they are always fully fed
tod softly housed at ulgbt, so that foxes and
skunks will not and cannot destroy them.
Make U a matter ot thought to see mat jour
turkeys aiesafe all summer. Begin to fatten
in September and kill for Thanksgiving, aud
you will be able to put a few doliare iu sumo
near savings bank which you may honestly
call pay for your care end work aud profit in
tbe grain fed. This baslasas cannot oe over
done, and I advise farmers to put a few dil
ute into turkeys for next season (if they can
find them) at once.???Farm and Home.
nnd some who keep only one cow devote
small space to it for that purpose, es it can be
pulled up by the roots, the bed cleaned, and
tbe grass appear luxuriantly again. Oats
alone answer well, and the tops of all kinds
of vegetables may be used advantageously,
Quinci CultUb*.???The quince is a gross
feeuer, as It indicated by the multitude of its
fibrous roots in terlaciug and grasping every
portion of the soil in its vicinity. It delights
in hollows that have received tbe washot fer
tilising matters from higher grounds, nature's
pockets, that have been storing up fertility
for ages; aud from this fact came the mista
ken idea that the quince should be set in low,
wet plaaes, and It is often planted where
water stands the greater part of the year. In
such situations no fruit will thrive. I have
had as good success with quinces, set in up
land that is quite dry, but iu good condition
ot fertility, as with those aet lu moist, heavy
soil, each receiving the same treatment. This
fact has caused remark from many visitors.
Tho injury done the quince by over-fertiliz
ing is greater thou is liable to occur to almost
any other fruit tree, as in very rich soil, or
when abundantly supplied with stimulating
manures, its growth la excessive, lo the ex-
cluaiou of fruit spurs, and tberanksucculent
growth continuing until the approach of
winter, must receive injury from freezing,
producing blight the ensuing season.
In rich soils cultivation should cease after
July, and any shoots of excessive growth
should be pinched. A moderate quantity of
fertilizer, annually supplied to soil of fair
condition, ia all that isrequired. Leaf mould,
muck, sods, mud from ponds, form a safe and
lasting dressing for the quiuce. It need not
necessarily ba incorporated with the soil, for
when placed about the stems, new roots will
be sent out to forage throughout tbe mass.
An orchard so treated will lung continue in
health and productiveness. When propa
gated by cuttings, strong shoots of the cur
rent year's growth are cut in the fail to oue
foot la length, having a bud close to the base,
and the whole space between bade left on
above tho top bud. Bury in bundles below
Eably Gbzbn Food fob Cows ???When cows
are soiled, or when only a single cow is kept
in a small enclosure, one of tbe greatest diffi
culties is to procure green food at this season
of the year. Aa epriug comes on the trouble
increases, owingto the winter consumption of
roots and ensilage, and as a email proportion
of green food is necessary for tbe proper diet
of the cow, her health ia Improved, her diges
tion assisted, and beriyattut purified and in
vigorated by the change from dry to partial
green food. Eusilage answers well in winter,
as it known, bnt there is nothing like the
fresh, sweet growing vegetation that comes
up early ia tbseeieon, and which it so highly
relished by all classes of stock. It is not an
easy matter for one who has no pasture to
supply a cow with green food unless it it
grown in small patchea especially for her use.
And just what to grow, and bow much, Isa
r iroblem also, for it is not in season for sow-
ng rye, and clover will not come in et all
from this seiaon???s sowing until very lato. If
a sow ia liberally fed she will do well with a
???mall allowance of green food? It Is not ne
cessary to feed her a fu.l meal of an b, as it
may be more iejurione than beneficial. All
the requires is astnall quantity inconnection
with her usual food by way of diet, aud
something can be grown for tne purpose
Peas, when sown broadcast witn oats, fur
nish quite a large quantity of green matter,
buttach green food should besprinkled with
meal and salt, and fed moderataly at first
Ksle and mustard, though not freeing to
aoy height, can be sown tncceafvaly, and
fed at intervals, they growing quickly and
are hardy. Later ou com may he sown in
rows, ihs sweet varieties being beat, and cat
and fed while very yonng. Crabgravseprings
up very early, and makes good succulent
food in It* first stagaa, but is not preferred ts
frost, and In early spring plant in trenches
iu rich, moist a-til, sticking the cuttings at a
slant of from 15?? to 60??, so that the top bud
will be even with the surface of the soil;
stamp firm at tbe base and cover with one
inch of sawdust or other light material ns *
mulch.???New York Tribune.
Raising Melons ???A common cause of fell,
are with this crop, is the lack of sufficient
manure. One puts a shovelful of manure
under tbe seod, without care for the rest of
the ground where tbe roots are lo penetrate
and seek most of their food. The melons are
gross feeders, and require much water to sup
ply the abundant juices snd large evapora
tion from their extensive leaf - surface, while
the northern season is none too long for them.
They grow with great rapidity in hot weather,
and tbe most must be made of the summer
months, by supplying them with ail tbe food
they can appropriate; it should be broad-cast
ed with plenty of well-rotted stable manure,
and plowed as long before planting as pos
slble, that it may be well diffused through
the soil. Early in August we visited a garden
where the melon.patch, about a quarter acre,
had received twelve cart loads of manure, of
about a half cord each. The melons appar
ently never suspected they were not growing
in the tropics. Another trouble with many
farmers is indifference to good seed. A
melon is a melon with them, whether It is
scrub or a thoroughbred that has lisd
gardoer's care aud been raised from selected
'rnits for a dozen years. There is as much
difference in melons as in other products of
the garden. The old fashioned muskmelon,
that was popular fifty years ago, is hardly
worth raising. A well grown ???Nntmeg," or
???Cassaba,??? or ???Black Spanish" watermelon
la a feastof fat things that lingers in memory.
Like begets like in the melon patch. Fight
ing bags, giving room for the spread of vines,
thinning the plants to two in a bill, and fre-
quentl cultivation are other important points
' this husbandry. Melons of the beet flsv
ltbin reach of every far
the year. Look after the seed aud fertilizers
now ???American Agriculturist.
Sous Fabuzb Boys ???Farmers??? boys ore the
princes that make the world's greet kings.
Great souls, whose thrones were tho hearts of
a mighty people, havo ever been the un
crowned monarebs of the plow. Many great
men, whose memsry has been Ilka sweet in
censs in people's lives, first got their fragrance
from tbe fields aud flowers. Lincoln, whose
scepter struck off the century-riven shackles
of toil-bent blacks, was a hovel-born farmer
boy, whose soul was vlsan as natnre't, whose
heart was broad as tbe world. Garfield, who
wore a crown made of a people???s love, was a
farmer's boy. Henry Olay, whose silver tones
made august senates week, whose voice goss
ringing down the egss for troth and right,
was a farmer's buy, the ???poor mill-boy of the
???lashes.?????? Whittier, tbe poet, Is a farmer???s
???on; nearly all the presidents were farmers???
sons; so were Rrgulus, Israel Putnam. Benja
min West, the painter, and still an unarnud
host. _
GARDEN NOTES.
with oil *nd bathing frequently with the salt it begin* to seed. This gras grows yery test, place thereby.
Do Not *??? Tziirrse by nice weather to gel In
beans, iquaabca and rations too early. Walt 11.1
tho earth la warm. Bucb crops cannot ocdarecold-
Ir You* Tall Pzas are rank In growlb, and pea
sdeks are net handy, they may bo held up by
???trloit. which will answer all tbe purpoaee re
quired.
Gzr the Tomato Plants ahead, and havo them
ready for transplanting aa aoon aa tbe ground Is
warm. Train, trim aad work them wa'l 11 you
want a gaod arop of Hue f rulL
Jure When to on tbe early sweet com In tbe
ground Is a problem. If put Id too eaily it will be
cut down by tho Irotl, ?????? It la not as hardy aa Ipg
Held kinds, and II deferred loo late It la liable lo be
caught by diy weather at tha lime ol Ailing to. Tbe
dwarl Mode aro usually thu earliest, but ourresds-
men have introduced ao many excellent varieties,
wbtob have been carefully tested aud found good
???bat It would not ba advitabla to plant without
coaaqltlog a catalog-is.
Manual ron Tta Gates* ???Manure for Ibe gar
den abonld be goe and wall decomposed. Now ia a
good lima to spread It. for If It la plowed In with
ihsaollllwill beanadrantags,aaall the nutritious
mailer will l* absorbed by tbe earth as it Is dis
solved ont of tho meterial by the raloa and the
frost will be aaacUvc assistant In farther reducing
It to pleat food.
Goo* Dsainaoi ???No garden will give railtfao-
Uon It It la cold sod wet. Tho advantage of a few
ditch si or lilet auder ground cannot he estimated.
To* earliest vcgetstdcsare produced ou wsrm.dry
mellow soils, aud Util state cannot be attained
until Ibe gerden ts made so by dntluage. Bandy
soils drain themselves lufflotenUy, uuleas under
laid with clay, when they toe, must bo drained fa
oider to allow tbe surplus moisture to ptaeoff.
Pssvsntimo lasacT DerssDsvte??s.???Mix a gill of
cast Ml with a plat of talLk aud pour tbe mixture
lute four gtllone of waur. Sprinkle tkis over
pleats tales tod with insects sad they erasure to re
main awsy. Stronger applications will kill many
kinds. It wlil not do ta use loo much coal oil, os'
It may destroy the plants The eabbaga worm can
bedaetroyed by coal ail, but the odor of tkeofl
???tilsAact thecabuagesafler they are oookad. No
las.ct laoapable of standing a coal oil tcit.
IRX Epadi in tux GauekN ???Do not forgo that
tb* moat effective liaplemeat lu the garden ts tba
spade. Tbe plow may be used bow. bat after
awhile, wkeu seed time ooze", tbe spede may be
uied for turofog over the 1011 egtlo. By thus gtr-
leg the ground two working* tbe manure wUI b*
mere intimately tnciriwrated with the soil, tbe
particles of earth more thoroughly separated, end
tba entire preperation b* cemplate. Tba epade
and the ntke are a special lmylemant of the gar
dener, bat the plow and barrow are not ont tf
OUR STORY CORNER.
SEALED UNTO HIM.*
A STORY
EARLY DAYS OF MORMONISM.
By JOAQUIN MILLER.
AtranoB oy 'Was or the ???rcartAs,'' ???tux
DANITU,??? "MEHOBIZ AND BlUtS,?????? ETC.
CHAPTER VI
nCBIZD IN TUB LAKE.
TheDantte leader now beckoned our party
to move on, bidding us leave our heaviest
log-chain behind. Tbe |horcenien merely
glanced at each other. They knew what
woe to be done, and swung into the saddle as
one man. No Cromwnll ever had troopers
obedient as were these ignorant and desper
ate followers of the false religion in America.
If you who have this question to settle,
sooner or later, will only stop lo consider n
moment, you will observe that ail such
monstrosities that poor humau nature lias
brought forth ou the earth have two
elements for their establishment:
one, the fa her of them, a learned
man, a superficially learned man, a
???crank;" and Ihe other element, a deusely
ignorant rases of mankind to low his doc
trines among, to mature and maintain them
when they take root. And these two ele
ments are never wanting in recruits. Thoy
uever will ba while ignorance is so general
upon the earth. Of course you cannot de
stroy tbe leaders, the ???orsnka," men crazy
over their books aud about religion. But you
can utterly destroy their following. Plough
up the field, cultivate it, nnd the tares will
perish in time. This is the remedy. Culti
vation, Intelligence, education, nesociation
with others, have already done much, broken
off the hard corners of this rook in the sea.
But let ignorance prevail there e* it did
thirty years ago, and you will see renewed ell
the ferocity, cruelly, and crime in the name
of tbe new religion which wc knew then.
Destroy these people by war I No, you can
not destroy them by war, even though you
pour lo a million of men with guns end all
the treasure of this universe. You might
kill them every one and confiscate their
homes. And yet in Europe???anywhere,
everywhere where there is ignorance to fol
low and fanaticism to lead???you might eee a
Mormon churoh.
Our train moved on. The horsemen gal
loped alongside fora little way after having
had somesllent orders from their giant and
iron-hearted leader. Then they rede back.
Then they galloped up tbe hill alongside
again, and so remained until we had reached
the top of the steep hill. Here we wore
ordered to atop and wait, till we were per
mitted again to move on.
No oue bad spoken to the girl to say good-
by. Hope had been kindled in .her heart.
She had even taken a step forward to (all in
with the moviDg train and follow us os we
started. A heavy hand fell on her shoulder.
She lifted her eyes to the missionary's, let
them fall, and stopped as stilt os tbe dead,
When wo turned about to the full white
moonlight on the hill, and looked after the
horsemen while they daelied down tile hill
lo a cloud ot dust, *e could eeo but dimly.
But a man who professed to see clearly, said
the giant was leading the girl down toward
his own camp, and the ugly coffin hiding
away there iu the shadows.
One of the horsemen redo down to the
mouth of the little stream where It fell into
the lake, and drew a boat that was hidden
there up into a little cove formed by the
Outers of the break. We could not atto the
girl now. What war being done?
As said before, we could see but indistinct-
li-ttow. By and by seme ono saw tha mon
f,trout giant open more pushing his long
black box before him down toward the lake,
and pointed out the dark object to others.
The horsemen rode some distance leisurely
be Ind, with their hats in their hands. The
girl still coaid not bteeen.
At length a dreadful suspicion crept over
us, and a cry burst front one of tho women.
She wrung her hands and cried hysterically
that the girl was In the coOla and they were
going to bury her in the lake.
The woman was silenced with effort, nnu
all stood still as death, watting, waiting. The
tnoon seemea only a little way above in,
only a little higher on the bill, and oh, so
pale and pitiful and sorrowing she seemed I
'The far white mountains of snow shone like
stiver in this whitest aud brightest of silver
moons this side of Arabia.
Why were wo oorapelled to stand
hero and no all this? Surely they
meant to murder this girl and make
us witness it, in order to spread terror and
the fear of their power to "Judge??? and to ex
ecute Jadgment through tbe laud. Here wm
a muider to wbiclt the murderers demanded
witnesses and compelled tbe presonce of wit
nesses. But still, aa I said before, wo could
see but dimly. The moon was sinking fast
bow. How slow and deliberate they were I
Tre barrow evidently had a heavier load than
ever before. Tbe heavy chain aud tbechain-
ed girlVI It moved heavily, eluwly, through
the great white girdle ol gleaming aalt; slow
ly and sadly, like a funeral march.
At last it reached tbe edge ot the dark
waters. All was Mill, as silent death. It
seemed that Borne *ne of these men???two of
them, three of them, all of them??? rauet dii-
obey thle giant aud monitor, kill him if necee-
eery, and save title beautiful girl. Even if
they bad no eenee of chivalry or virtna or
valor In them to help tbe helpless, it did
seem aa if some one, any one, all, might do
almost anything re proteot her, rave her.
Two men code np, dismounted, held their
horres by the long tethers as they stood there
fretful nnd knee deep In the glesmlng girdle
???o hastily lifted tbe long black
long strong back, surged to and fro in tho fall
ing silvery moonlight, and then with vehe
ment force threw it forward into tho depths
of the dark water with all the tremendous
power that was in him.
The waters dashed np, gloaming like a sun
rise, closed over, and all was still again in the
heart of the great dark waters of death.
A band was lifted to ns. from tbe nearest
horseman, and we pasted on over tbe hill
right in the fate of the great round moon
now eet'l-ng down to rest in tbe for off
8ierros, and I never saw the place again for
twenty years or more.
Ana when I did retnrn I came from Lon
don to write np the trial of Brigham Yonng,
who wai then being tried for his life for com
plicity in murders like this.
By good fortune I fonnd an old friend of
mine wns then governor of the territory. We
searched this spot for the skeletons; bnt, ns
before observed, the lake had eo filled that,
while we fonnd the burled rock and little
island, we found nothing more. ???
I told h Mormon elder this story, and he
earnestly tu-sured me that all we had seen of
the end wns the mirage???a delusion; that the
missionary did not drown tbe girl, but lied
taken this course to save her from tbe
Danltes; that be had left the girl in the wii-
lows, to fall in witli the next train that came
by, white he had thrown only his hag of
breed or something of that sort with tbe
chain about it into the black waters of tho
great lake. Let us hope so at least.
-I'opyrlchteil by ft
of salt, and
coffin into tbe host.
Tbe giant solemnly and silently took bis
place at the oar aud began to move slowly
auti certainly toward tbe dark and deeo.ate
rock in the Jeeps of tbe lake.
The horsemen remounted, drew back, bate
in hand, anil so k it with the others looking
out at the colossal and silent boatman with
hla singular freight. .Wes he rowing to reach
this rock where tbe corpse had been eee load
ed down in tbe water with chains? Wonld
he not go on, on, on. anywhere, and escape
these brutal aad blind followers, who believe
him a saint engaged in maintaining the
chnrcb of Jeans Christ?
Bat these men did not doubt for a mo*
menL They sat their bones in a crescent
about Ihe bead of the lake and looked on.
tranquil, silent, reverential, waiting with
certainly tbe slgntl of death.
Neverfeli there inch a silence. Never was
there such a murderaa this Far swsy above
the gleaming towers of scow the stars stood
trembling. Tbe moon began to hasten away
and slide swiftly down In the wrat behind the
bill on which wa stood, ss if terrified and re
fusing to be a witness.
The man eaw tbat the moon was going
away, and be dipped bisoan with rapid and
heavy e'roke. Tne water tbone, sparkled,
fiisbed in tbe moon. Tbe oars dug into tbe
bssvy water ao dipping into a tea of molten
The boat struck tbe rock I You could hear
It grate end grind, all was eo etiil.
The giant stood up in tha boat a second,
then with hi* broad right band ilowly drew
back tbe covering andlooked down a* if Into
a face in tbe coffin. He was eo tall, hie form
seemed like a tree. He cast a black and
frightful shallow far out over tbe sea of lilrer
In the fading moonlight. Tbe mounted
Dsnite* loaned up in the mirage larger than
heroic statue*. At lest tbe coloiMl figure in
the boat leaned over, csngbt np something
long and heavy from tbe (tiffin, Mood op ta'l
and terrible with it poised in tbe air, high
above his head in bis two mighty bands. He
oised It there ?? moment, dallied with It,
eaved his great heavy sbonldera, arched hi
CLIMBING THE SPIRAL STAIRS,
Invisible Architecture In a New Eng.
laud Parsonage.
'Yes??? she tsld, ???onr children are msrried snd
gone, snd my husband snd I sit by our winter fire
much ss we did before tbe little OSes cams to
widen tbe circle. Life le something like s spire!
itsircsss; we efo all the time coming around over
tbe spat wo eterled from, only ono degree tardier
np the Heirs. 11
"That Is s pretty illnitrsUoo,??? remarked her
friend, murieely, gating Into the glowing eoslt
which radiated s pleasant best from the many-
windowed store. ???Yon know we cannot stop
tolling np the hill, though.'???
???Surely we cannot snd for myself I don't fled
fruit with that necessity provided Ihe sdvsareia
ltfe (??? not attended with calamity or suffering
tar I bare had my sltsra ot that. Not long slue#
mr health utterly brake down. My system wti
full of malaria sly dlgrsllos became thr.rongly
disordered st.J my mures were tit awri.-hr.l
???Ute. 1 was languid, sis little snd Ibst without
enjoying It. snd lied no strength or ambition to
pe.foim even my light household duties. Mo???
treuureut fills/to reach the rest ot the tro
The disease, which teemed to ta weakness of oil
the vital organs, programed until I had savarsl
???tucks rvulch my nUysIcIsos prnuonneed to ha
orate sengeeUon of (hu atom-nh. The lost of IVw
wsas desperate krugils sod I was given op todte,
At ths crl4s had psrtlslly pvssd, my
husband heard of tho merits ol
PAKKEIl'N TONIC si in luvlsorsiu In Just
such oases si mine. 1 look It snd felt IU goo4
effects at onoo. It appeared to pervade my body
???t though tho blursing of new hfw nod oaru t(
ore. Taking noother medicine Uooetlnued tolm.
prove, ana em now In better health than 1 neve
been far a long time.???
. I ^street from Interview with the wife of Rev.
J fP. Parry raster ol Bsplltt oburch, Coldbrook,
Hsstscbnielis.
OUT OF THE JAWS OF DEATH.
The gentleman who outline* hi* cue below 1* e
man considerably advanced In lifo, and ia noted
for hi* sterling Integrity. His poitofflce 1* Yale*
Tills, Upron county, Ga.. The following Is
Mr, Job! Pearson** Statement,
In the spring of 18321 was attseked with a very
bad cough, which continued to grow worse antfil
fall, when 1 got so weak that I could not get about.
I trlt???rt ft great many k11icIh of medicine, but con
tinued t,o grow worse. 1 was.notified that I had
consumption and would probably die. Dr Hollo
way finally told mo to try Brewer???s Lung Reitorer.
They sent to Ward's *:oro and got a bottle and 1
commenced taking It right away. After taking twe
or three doses 1 began to Improve, and by tho time
and my neighbors ere c .. _
the beat Long Remedy --made, In my opinion.
Dr U promised me that fit. uld write to the man*
nlecturers and tell them of the wonderful cure If
made in my case,
(Statement of Hr. HcrJ. F. Hearndon.
Early in November, 1861, while sewing on the me-
eh life, my wife wss taken with a severe pain in her
THEEE???S MUSIC IN THE AIR I
As Ibe season approaches for ??? ch.nie of rs'mon
we would again ell Ibe attention of parents lo our
LsrgeHprlngS'ockoflUys'snd Children's School
snd Dress eulu, which are being told at very
moderate price..
It Is ncedicMt lo remind you Ibsl our clothing
Is woll-msde, for Ibst Is now a wall recognised
fact.
When yon era out looking np these goods, r
member not to buy till you bsvo H-ea our Block.
A. 0. M. GAY,
Clothier, Merchant Tailor and Hatte
37 Pencil I rr ??* Ntrect, Atlnnta, Us,
8th??
$30,000 FOR,$l.
ulitr ttoiilhly Itrawlug will
piece lu tba Mssoola Hall,
Temple building, laOOV-
,KY.
THURSDAY, APRIL 34tb, 18*4.
A Lnwfal Lottery and Pair Drawings,
Chartered by tbs LreUUturu of Kjr., sod twice de
clared legal by the highest Court In ths Bute. Band
given to Henry oounty In tho sum ol 1100,000 for the
prompt payment of sfl prizes wild.
APRIL K4TIEMK.
4*0.000 20 Prise* WOtf each $10,OM
??? 111.00??? 10bPrises lOOsseh 10,004
6.0001 200 Prizes 60 each 10,000
each6.000 ytorriree 20each 10,Me
6 Prises, JJXIOeach 6.000|ia?? PrUcs lOesch 10.000
Prises, 800eaoh, Approximation Prizes, 12,7a
*< rises, 200 eseh, ??? " l,M*
??? Prizes, 100 each, ??? " KB
1A',7 Prizes, inOAM
Whole Ticket*, $3. nnir Ticket*. $1
U7 Tickets, $30. SS Tickets, $100.
Remit money or Posts! It we. Hank Draft In Let-
it. or send Dy Express. ORDER* of V> snd up
ward by Expires, ou be sent sfnnr expense. Ad
dress all orders to R B HPKNCER. Coringto-J, Ky.
wid Ultw em sky 2dw
T. MILES & SONS
MANUFACTURERS
CUSTOM-MADE
SHOES
HAND AND MA0IHNB SEWED WELTS
AND PUMPB,
FtNE SOFT UPPErT* Pf,I ABLE BOLES.
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LAWN TENNIS.
???ho was reduced ta a firing skeleton. Tbe attend-
Ing physttfsn told me that be thought one of her
lunge was entirely sane. She could nut ret. la the
mast deRcstenourhhmentnn her aomsota. 1 then
agreed with Dr Snlfivsn, my fsntlly nhjildsn, ta
nil Dr llnllowsy tn comulfatlon. They mode s
Onsl examination of the patient snd pronounced
the rare hopeless. Dr Unlloway then suggested the
Brewer's Lung Restorer its Inst retort I sentfov
s bottle snd revs her s dees. 1 found that she
could retain It on her stomach, snd alter about the
third dess I began to notice ,ome Isiproremer.t la
htr eonditlon. I continued tho medicine regularly
snd by tho time she had taken two bottles she was
able to walk about the hstue. Bhe Is now fit better
k**Uh than she has enjoyed for several years. I
betters the Lung Restorer eaved her file. We hen
s family of tlx chlldroe, soma of them grown.
Mr Besmdon'a postofflee Is Ystesvllle, Upson
county, Os Ho Is a thsronghly reliable mss ta
every particular.
LAMAR.
RANKIN * LAMAR
MACON, a A.
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I.nrgeat Denier* In acorsln In
DRY GOODS,
Fine Dress Goods,
WHITE GOODS, ETC.
CARPETS I CARPE L bl
HOUSE-FURNISHING GO'ODS, f
Lace Curtains, Window Shades/,
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS.
SHOES! SHOES! SfiOESl
GENT8, LADIES, CHILDREN'^
???fire. Ali briuuls Domestic* at
???W Mnunfactarer* lutes. ???re
Agents for Dutterrictc'e Patterns.
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Ii the *oa*oa la which bad or polioned blood 1*
moit aDt te ihew lUelf. Nature, at thl* Juncture,
need* aomitblag to aulit It In throwing off tho Im
purities WAilch have collected by tbe aluggUh elm
dilation of bloed during the cold winter month*,
fiwlft'a Specific !?? nature'* great helper, aalt la a
purely rentable altoiatire and tonic.
Rov. L. B. Paine, Macoa. Ga., write*: "We havo
health touIc.and havo had remarkable rmnil
U* iim on theehildrcn and emploreiof the In&'ltn-
tioii. It In Niiftli HU ?? xci IlkiJt milk anil keep* the
hint:! so pure,that the kybtem U lo** liable ta d laeaao.
It ba* cured some of our children of tteiofula.???
W. H. Gilbert, drngglit. Albany* Ga., wrltee:
???We arc (???sllliir??? !*?*(* unantltl"* of Hwlfi'i Hp?? dflo
for a spring illvraUr* nnd general health tonlo.aad
with tho belt icnulm It It now Unetly uted a* a
jirM-enthr.* ??f.<l cure f<??r Malaria. There are man?
remarkable evidence* of it* moilti In thl* Mellon. 1 '
The Great Drug House of Chicago.
We do net healute to my tbat tor a year pant we
_AT6 rold moro ot Hwtft'a Bpfclflo {*. 8. 8 ) than all
other Blood i???urltler* combined, aad with mott as
tonishing rssults. Oo* tenth v
dneen tattles says it did him m
m??nt which co??t him f l.ooo. ai
It for a Scrofulous affection r
cuts from lia use.
VAN 0HAACK, 81
One gentleman who had been
six weeks with Mtrcnrlal hh<
cured entirely, and speak* In Ihs hlgbsst p?alM?? of
CUILHA k UKItJlY, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Onr Treatise on Blood and 8k!n DUeases mailed
free to applicants.
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Now York Ofllco, 1W Wert TwentyThlrd Bt
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WO HOCNEHOLB
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When called to tbe b*d*!<le of the Uttlo child
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Sweet Gob* aud Mclkl* a pl-anuit and effect!-?)
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sumption, Pr.rettc anaII. This with Dr. ??4
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children ???ufT-rlc* from tha ^ff*?ca of trerMns ;
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of rddden attacks ot the Inns* and
taweK Ask your drupel*!* for thorn. llarnlw??-
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euro cramp colic. aitrrhoM, dysentery, and restore
tho little one kradually wutl.ig nitty /row tha d-
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r rhe sperdy relief of sudden and dang*rows
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